the bay. a quick look up to 90, but definitely not 100s. >> summer is almost here. lester holt is next. >> back at 6:00. bye. courthouse and a heart stopping moment captured a dallas news photographer right there as a gunman armed to the teeth opens fire >> tactical vest with an automatic weapon shooting at the building >> tonight we hear from the photographer who took that photo as police try to unravel a mystery the gunman leaves behind a dramatic escalation with iran and tonight the new threat about that nuclear deal. a violent scene caught on camera as severe turbulence strikes sending a flight attendant slamming into the ceiling of the plane inside the chase, the white

bronco, we hear from the woman capturing it from the air, bringing us the drama live and our farewell to the icon, the poor little rich girl, who built an empire. we remember the legendary gloria vanderbilt good evening everyone. what a wild and violent scene it was in dallas today a news photographer practically face to face with a man armed with an assault-style weapon and dressed for combat as he opened fire into the federal courthouse, sendg people inside scrambling for cover. with cameras capturi intense scene, the 22 army veteran exchanged gunfire with police who managed to shoot him before he could harm anyone.

pete williams has late details >> reporter: cell phone video captures nearly every frightening moment a man with an assault style rifle opens fire near 8:30 this morning shooting at a door of the federal office building and people on the street >> colored hat, tactical vest. >> reporter: a photographer for the dallas morning news takes this dramatic picture showing the gunman wearing a mask, a tract cal mask, and extra clips. >> if he would have saw me, he would have shot me >> reporter: as first responders swarm, federal agents shoot back as the gunman runs across the street in a parking lot continuing to fire before he falls. he's later pronounced dead at the hospital >> i want to thank in particular the federal protective service whose officer saved who knows how many people by responding so quickly. >> reporter: the fbi identifies him as brian collide of dallas

no clue about why he would want to attack a federal office building and amazingly despite all the shots fired, the gunman was the only person wounded. >> collide left the army in 2017 the fbi is looking at service record and talking to family to figure out why he did this another story we're following the dramatic escalation with iran the u.s. has photo evidence iran was behind the attack as iran threatens to break the nuclear deal here's nbc richard engel >> reporter: tonight the u.s. is building its case that iran attacked two commercial tankers in a critical persian gulf shipping route last week u.s. central command says these photographs are of iranian revolutionary guards removing an unexploded mine from the side of a japanese tanker. plus pieces of the mine that was

attached by nails and magnets, even hand prints they left behind iran denies it attacked the ships. >> we have confidence that iran instigated this attack i can't share any more of the intelligence, but i wouldn't have said it if the intelligence community hasn't become convinced this was the case. >> the pentagon's new evidence came just hours after iranian officials threatened to increase stock piles of low enriched uranium and potentially produce a more highly concentrated form of uranium, bringing iran closer to a nuclear weapon. both moves would violate key term of a nuclear agreement which president trump pulled out of last year iran accuses the trump administration in engaging in terrorism. >> richard joins us now. we've just received late word from the pentagon that more u.s. troops are headed to the region. what more do you know? >> yes, lester, acting defense secretary just announced he has

approved central command for approximately 1,000 additional troops for forced protection in the middle east. he says it's a response to recent iranian attacks and ongoing threats from the country. >> all right richard engel tonight, thanks. there is growing outrage this evening of a confrontation caught on camera that has a family accusing phoenix police of excessive support molly hunter has new details >> get out of the car. >> reporter: with guns drawn, watch as an officer points directly at the suv. inside is iesha harper pregnant. her fiance handcuffed by another officer. police confronted the family according to the police report after their 4-year-old daughter walked out of a dollar store with a baby doll

the report states one of the officers feared iesha was reaching for a weapon. she was unarmed. >> my daughter's terrified to this day of the police she wakes up in the middle of the night crying >> i thought we were going to all be executed. >> the family plans to sue the phoenix police department for $10 million. >> ten seconds is a long time when you've got a gun pointed at you, you're pregnant, and carrying a baby. >> jay-z offering to help calling the video a picture of hate oprah also reached out the police chief apologized over the weekend. >> i'm with everyone in the community who is outraged. >> reporter: both officers still employed on desk duty. a community meeting scheduled for tomorrow night scary moments as a house suddenly exploded and sparked a fire in new jersey today near new york city. officials say an off duty police officer was nearby at the time

and helped rescue one resident who was trapped inside authorities are investigating a gas leak at the scene. a new danger at the beach right before the start of summer, there's a word of a third shark attack off the carolina coast just in a month another child bitten we get the warning from kerry sanders. >> it happened again, this time in the waters off bald head island, an 8-year-old boy bitten while playing in the surf. >> was he bitten on the same leg twice? >> yep >> reporter: this recent attack happened 40 miles from where austin reed was bitten and 146 miles from where page winter was severely injured when she was attacked june 2nd. >> experts say sharks do not develop a taste for human flesh and then attack again.

the chances that one shark attacked all three, highly unlikely >> reporter: typically north carolina sees only two shark attacks in an entire year, but with three shark attacks in three weeks, beach towns that rely on summer tourism are now as anxious as some swimmers. >> i've heard of shark attacks but nothing here, so this is new to me. >> reporter: news that folks here hope they don't hear for a long time. kerry sanders, nbc news. there's alarming news about the measles outbreak that keeps spreading. in 28 states the cdc has summer travel advisory for families going overseas, especially if you have an infant. >> reporter: tonight a dire warning for americans. british mom showing just what a life threatening battle with measles looks like, writing on facebook it has been absolutely horrific watching our daughter fight this with her eyes swollen shut for four days

alba hadn't got the vaccine yet, but the american academy of pediatrics says children as young as six months old should get vaccinated if traveling internationally, following up with two more doses at one and four >> if you're traveling, you have young kids, speak with your doctor because you may need to get your children vaccinated sooner >> people of the united states think of europe as a low risk destination. >> it's not. from january to april of this year, there were 66,000 cases reported in europe and israel. 28 people have died. in new york city, the epicenter of the measles outbreak in the u.s., 1-year-old julius just got his vaccine. >> getting him protected as soon as possible is our priority.adi putting summer travellers on alert.

tomorrow a wisconsin town will vote in a controversial plan to stop bullying by punishing the parents of bullies. it's a radical approach some communities are trying to deal with the problem affecting one in five high school students >> reporter: fed up with bullies at schools it's been especially tough on 13-year-old riley. >> her getting the locker shut on her, tripping in the hallway, name calling >> a child who is normally happy and then when she comes home from school and balling her eyes out, it's a hard thing to watch. >> reporter: it's hard for the school district too because bullies aren't learning anything when they're suspended so, tomorrow a bold step when the wisconsin rapid city council votes on a controversial proposal to fine parents up to $313 if their kids are caught bullying

>> schools can say the behavior isn't stopping law enforcement can help us out. >> reporter: fines are rarely imposed. a warning letter to parents has been enough. >> a lot of times parents have no idea what their kids are doing online and at school on the playground and they're shocked. >> reporter: darren and alissa's daughters just want something done >> i think the parents should have to pay a fine you're the one raising the kid >> reporter: hoping a financial penalty will drive home the true cause of bullying. just nine days until the first 2020 democratic primary debate here on nbc, and tonight in our series "my big idea" senator cory booker tells our harry smith about his vision to benefit america's next generation >> what is your big idea >> my big idea is baby bonds every child born in america should have a savings account, a bond when you're 18, every kid in america has a stake in the

economy. >> as the almost famous mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker made headlines for helping neighbors in distress. he took his seat in the u.s. senate in 2013 we bet booker in a section of columbia, south carolina, wrestling with the economic realities of america's racial wealth gap booker believes baby bonds will be particularly impactful for minority families. >> there are people in america who will hear baby bonds and say this is just a different word for reparations. >> well, it goes to every single child. and we know that there's differentials in wealth that are inherited from bigoted pollicis of our past excluded families from doing things that created wealth >> on a sliding scale, booker's baby bonds program would put money into an account for every newborn in america managed by the treasury department, some accounts would

be worth nearly $50,000 by the time the child turns 18. >> this costs $60 billion which we could pay for by doing things like simply going back to the inheritance tax of the long-ago era of 2009. this is a chance to make sure your kid has a fair shot no matter what zip code you're born in this is about creating a fair playing field. >> baby bonds, cory booker's big idea harry smith, nbc news, columbia, south carolina >> tomorrow beto o'rourke will talk about his idea. tonight, gloria vanderbilt who in her 90 years saw and did more than most of us could in several lifetimes. here's kate snow >> reporter: gloria vanderbilt had many titles, socialite, designer, writer, wife, and mother she had a famous name born in france in 1924 and heir to the railroad fortune

her aunt battled publicly to take custody of gloria and she was dubbed the poor little rich girl she first married at 17 and went on to marry three more times vanderbilt had three sons with leopold and two more with young cooper >> she was determined to make something of her life. >> reporter: in the '70s vanderbilt would lend her famous name to rear pocket of designer jeans fashioning a $120 million a year business. and while her public life was glamorous, graces the pages of fashion magazines, there was private pain she witnessed her son take his life sgla i often think i was the first face he saw and i was his last. >> reporter: anderson cooper said his mother was diagnosed with advanced

cancer >> what an extraordinary life, what an extraordinary mom, and what an incredible woman >> reporter: she died at home surrounded by family and friends. >> when we return, where were you when it happened o.j. simpson running from police in the white bronco. we'll hear from the journalist who captured those moments then terrifying moments in midair several passengers injured, a flight attendant thrown against the ceiling.

we're back now with the inside story of the national drama that played out 25 years ago tonight. o.j. simpson in the white ford bronco and high above in the air was a tv news pioneer who justhu own katy tur and tonight she tells us about that wild ride. >> reporter: 95 million people watched. the nba finals wer

o.j. simpson is one of the greatest running backs of all time, but it's this run 25 years ago today that will be the moment the world remembers best. >> o.j. simpson is in that ford bronco >> reporter: simpson went down the freeway in l.a >> we saw the white bronco and, like, a geese flying with rows of police cars behind him. okay, that's definitely it >> gerard worked the news camera in the chopper that spotted him first. >> as it started to go into l.a., people started to gather on the overpass and cars would come up beside him >> simpson was arrested and famously acquitted in a trial that fuelled an industry of books and shows. the fascination never ending, even now >> i got a little getting even to do. >> with a newly launched twitter account.

>> for people have been able to whatever they want to say about me without no accountability >> the nfl hall of famer still making his case 25 years after the famous pursuit >> for the people that thought he was guilty, this solidified he was guilty. and for the people he was innocent, this solidified he was innocent things have not changed that much >> a unique vantage point on a drama that keeps unfolding stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york up next as we continue now a popular app helped her mom find her daughter who had been trapped for hours after a crash. everyone's got to listen to mom.

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an app on her phone that helps her parents track her down after a horrible crash the girl pinned in her car here's miguel almaguer >> the 9-1-1 call led emergencies crews to the wreckage, but it wasn't a search team that found macy smith pinned under her car her mother katrina alexander used the find my friends app to pinpoint her daughter's remote location after he missed curfew. >> we would have never known where to look. >> after setting off to meet a friend, macy hydroplaned off a rural road in north carolina, her car flying 25 feet off an embankment, flipping over three times, slamming into a ravine. >> my head was in the backseat, stomach on the console >> macy waited in a ditch for help after dark her mother decided to use the location shari a

>> that is what saved her life >> reporter: tonight macy is recovering from a fractured neck after a remote rescue pulled off by an app and the one person who would never give up hope miguel almaguer, nbc news. up next, the face time call inspiring america.

next at 6:00, we investigate a problem with the post office. plus, could it solve our traffic troubles? the high tech idea in the sky got closer to a reality. tonigh america," the young golf star we first introduced you to back in march and the friend she cheered on to the open championship. >> reporter: sunday at pebble beach, gary woodland never flinched, holding off golf's finest to win the u.s. open. >> woodland invited amy who has

down syndrome to play a hole, a moment amy owned with three words. >> i got this. >> whenever you say, "i got this," how thursday this help you. >> when i think in my head, i've got this, i got this you can do it. >> amy tweeted you got this gary his final putt shouted in my his number one fan >> afterwards, trophy in hand, an unforgettable thank you >> amy, what's up stud how are you? >> good! >> did you like that today >> yes >> i used your positive energy you were awesome we're going to play some golf. >> yes >> yes >> reporter: two golfers proving they've got this, not to mention each other morgan chesky, nbc news. >> a big congratulations to gary and amy.

that's "nightly news" for this monday from all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. right now at 6:00, would you hover to work? the silicon valley solution that just cleared a major hurdle. plus, taking the stand in his own defense. one of the men accused in the ghost ship warehouse fire describes what happened that tragic night. but first -- >> get out of the bike lane. >> get out of bike lane. >> a fight over a bike lane turns into a racially charged argument. the bay area mayoral hopeful forced to defend his actions. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, thanks for being with us on this monday. i'm raj mathai. i'm jessica aguirre. a face-off over a bike lane has gone viral. the video s a a new york city

council -- david trujillo is live on second and san salvador in san jose where this altercation occurred, damian. >> reporter: yes. jessica, it's an awkward configuratio configuration. i'm standing on the bike lane right now. this is how cars have to park to accommodate this bike lane. the man in the video parked his car right here on the bike lane, dropping it as it merges on to the street. the verbal altercation ensued and now people are talking about that i had video. >> the bicyclist was wearing a camera and rolls up as the car pulls in and blocks part of a bike lane. >> that's the bike lane. >> moments later the verbal confrontation begins. >> go that